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Modern pentathlon at the 1956 Summer Olympics 
Summary
At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, two events in modern pentathlon were contested.[1]
| Men's modern pentathlon at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | 23–28 November 1956 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 40 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Medal summary edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual |
Lars Hall Sweden
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Olavi Mannonen Finland
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Väinö Korhonen Finland
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| Team |
 Soviet Union (URS)Igor Novikov Ivan Deryugin Aleksandr Tarasov |
 United States (USA)William Andre Jack Daniels George Lambert |
 Finland (FIN)Olavi Mannonen Väinö Korhonen Berndt Katter |
Medal table edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Participating nations edit
A total of 40 athletes from 16 nations competed at the Melbourne Games:[1]
Argentina (1)
Australia (3)
Brazil (3)
Chile (3)
Czechoslovakia (1)
Finland (3)
France (1)
Great Britain (3)
Hungary (3)
Italy (1)
Mexico (3)
Romania (3)
South Africa (3)
Soviet Union (3)
Sweden (3)
United States (3)
References edit
External links edit
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 5 December 2006.